By Richard Beck at Experimental Theology Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option is now out with lots of reviews and commentary appearing online. As regular readers know I’ve made the argument on this blog that progressive Christians need their own version of the BenOp. In fact, progressive Christians already have a rich history with the BenOp, witness …
From Brian McLaren at OnFaith People who survive cancer often call it a gift. It comes as a great disruption and forces a kind of personal reckoning. Something similar could be said about the election of Donald Trump for churches in America. As we saw in Part 1, the default mode for most churches is …
From Brian McLaren at OnFaith If you are a pastor, priest, or other Christian leader in the U.S., or if you are an active church member, the election of Donald Trump has changed your life and ministry, and not just a little, but a lot, and for the foreseeable future. In the last few weeks, …